On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Joe Landman <landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote: > On 12/11/2010 11:17 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > [...] > >> I'm now looking for something that could scale beyond 100TB on one >> device (not necessarily one unit though) and find it frustrating that >> most NAS's come in 1U or 2U at most. > > Not meant as a commercial. ?See http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster > > Scales through many PB. ?100TB isn't an issue, we have many in the field of > this size or larger (and smaller). ?Runs Gluster 3.x (3.1.x recommended). > >> Maybe I'm just not shopping around enough, or maybe I prefer to well >> known brands, I don't know. > > The "well known" brands have well known limitations. ?You have to decide if > brand name is more important than meeting the specific needs. > > > -- True, I fully agree with you on that point. I myself don't like vendor lock-ins. But, I do like the simplicity that off-the-shelf NAS devices offer, as apposed to a DIY one. And they often offer more tools than a normal Linux box with iSCSI as well. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532
